[psychomansam]

Enjoy my job. Get better at it. Sort my career out.
Study hard. Learn lots. Get half decent grades.

Get stomach sorted so I can
run an ultra
run a long fell race
do the kinder dozen

Lose weight (once stomach is sorted) so I can
climb 7

Go to another country.
Try to learn something about writing.

 

[petejh]

Sorry about last year, my bad but really, it's time to stop whingeing and get over it
Jan/Feb - produce some cold, crisp days perfect for the grit
Spring - lots of long dry spells to dry the limestone nicely
Summer - stable temps so the Tor (and cornice, rubicon, Malham, Kilnsey etc) isn't condensed to fuck every morning combined with some pleasant breezy days for grit routers to maybe explore the Moors with their new guides
Autumn - long and lingering with the limestone season extending into a cold but not freezing November to ensure good nick for maximum sendage potential
Nov/Dec - some nice cold snaps for early grit season motivation

'The Weather' 's a Yorkshireman/woman/entity 

Targets for 2013
immediate:
Climb my mixed proj on Clogwyn Du
As many new mixed routes in N.Wales as conditions, ability and time allow
Onsight Cracking Up
Climb Anubis
Finish the N.Wales lime guidebook and app
Keep on developing sick dry-tooling routes in the Crafnant mines and quarries
Fit some bouldering in when I can. if winter conditions turn out to be rubbish put effort into a good font 8a

by mid-year:
Sport trip anywhere, ideally new routing Taghia
First F8b
Keep tradding the multitude of classics in N.Wales and try to fit in some trips
My E7/8 proj

by late-year:
Onsight E7
Headpoint an E9 that has protection and hard climbing


Or, move to Canada in Summer never to return.

[The Weather]

Sorry about last year, my bad but really, it's time to stop whingeing and get over it
Jan/Feb - produce some cold, crisp days perfect for the grit
Spring - lots of long dry spells to dry the limestone nicely
Summer - stable temps so the Tor (and cornice, rubicon, Malham, Kilnsey etc) isn't condensed to fuck every morning combined with some pleasant breezy days for grit routers to maybe explore the Moors with their new guides
Autumn - long and lingering with the limestone season extending into a cold but not freezing November to ensure good nick for maximum sendage potential
Nov/Dec - some nice cold snaps for early grit season motivation

'The Weather' 's a Yorkshireman/woman/entity 

Yes, sorry that post was rather Pennine-centric but it does seem like the centre of the universe sometimes with so many people banging on and on about friction, condensation, seepage, run-off, the list seems never ending, it get's quite confusing.
I have good intentions for North Wales of course but it is rather a difficult area for me as you probably know, at least you always have the coast and the Cave to fall back on when I stuff things up in the mountains.

[csl]

Go to Ceuse - Finish off Vagabond. .... Privilege du Serpent.

Do you want any tips for these 2?

Be fit?

Vagabond is all but in the bag really, made some silly red pointing mistakes that i'll be sure not to repeat. And got very ill in my last week there so never got to finish it off.

But not been on privilege so any beta is welcome!!

[Durbs]

Mine, nothing too out-there...

1) Get buff (Continue and finish Insanity)
2) Boulder 6c indoor, 6b on grit.
3) Joe's arete. Seriously, it's beginning to piss me off now.
4) Trip to Font
5) Continue with band on to global stardom. Or at least gig outside London.

[csl]

This thread has some good recommendations for sport, and give me a shout if you're looking for trad partners.

Cheers! I will be sure to get in touch, are you London based?

[cheque]

Training 8 hours sleep per night- it's become clear to me that this (or lack of it) is the major factor in how well I climb.

Weekly fingerboard use- if I apply myself to training my fingers as much as I applied myself to my core last year I can see good results I reckon.

Keeping a training diary and stretching every day were targets from last year that I maintained 'til October- this year I want to keep them going right the way through.

Trad E2. Should surely be a matter of simply tying in and climbing one. So in that case, E3 as well.

Climb at at least one new trad area. Gogarth would be good.

Sport 7b. Something Stupid at Malham seems a good bet- I'd love to do Obsession as well, considering crimping is my biggest weakness this might be optimistic, but aim high etc.

Venue-wise I'd like to go to Kilnsey, Portland and Chee Dale- all places I'm ashamed to admit I've never climbed.

Bouldering 7B might be optimistic but fuck it.

I'm determined to go back to the US- I met people who are up for climbing with me over there in many places, enough to go for months. Whether I'll manage that I don't know but even another two weeks in the Red would be ace.

[moose]

Bat Route at Malham.

that should be easy enough - just wait for a dry day and get in touch with me - afterall, I am your unofficial lucky belayer!   

My own goals:
- Main overarching aim is to continue my incremental rise through the Yorkshire sport graded list. 
- Specifically, as a minimum, tick off a few of the routes I have already worked on: Tremelo, Comedy, Dominatrix, Herbie, Illywacker (Giggleswick), Vorsprung Durch Technik (Yew Cogur).
- Try to visit / re-visit some non-Yorkshire venues: go back to Chapel, climb at Chee and Raven Torr, maybe visit some of the LPT / A55 venues.
- Through the above, get climbing well enough that I can feel last year's pootling about on Raindogs might, one distant day, have some pay-off - that I was doing more than just keeping myself occupied on wet days.
- Get some bouldering strength back - re-climb the f7b+/c end of my grit bouldering tick list.  Get some proper use out of my moorland grit bouldering guide.
- Do some trad... any trad...... preferably start trying to lead some of the classic E3s I have been allowing myself to get psyched out of.

[Monolith]

1. The project. Facilitated by the means stated below (to be religiously adhered to)

i) A training plan that incorporates running to stay lean
ii) Continue to eat as healthy and disciplined as I have done for the past month and a half.
iii) Stretch three times a week.

2. Make the most of my time until August in Leeds to exploit prime grit days and tick some classics.

3. Continue to tick through the classic novel collection on the shelf.

3.Work out what I'm going to do with respect to Part II of education. Something might have to give (to be written about).

4. The year we finally get the greyhound.

5. PASS THAT BASTARD DRIVING TEST AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! / Don't be a pussy.

6. Trip to the US with m'lady and get some classic Yosemite bouldering ticks.


Bests to all.

[mark s]

learn how to rescue cats from trees and fight fires.
get strong again without all the supplements

[bendavison]

Go to Ceuse - Finish off Vagabond. Try Les Collonetes and Priviledge du Serpent.

Been to Ceuse a fair bit and if you're after 8a then there are better ones than Les Collonetes - the lower boulder is shit, but its even shitter starting from the 3rd bolt for the 7c+ tick. Carte Blanche is ace, Bourinator is nice and soft if you're into that kind of thing. I thought the best 7c+ at Ceuse was either Magicien de RIGA over at the right hand end, or Mirage at Cascade. Priviledge is a good one for your first though...

Having said that, Collonetes is a nice one to try in the middle of the day when everything else is in the sun.

[205Chris]

I immediately regret writing this as normally my plans are massively over ambitious. In an attempt to manage my expectations I've kept it as vague as possible:

i. Stop wasting my time on anything other than inspiring problems

ii. Climb more stuff outside the peak

iii. Reiver (see aims i & ii.)

iv. Font 7C+ (must meet criteria of aim no. i)

v. Finish my on - off 4 year affair with Arch Enemies (ideally this would be completed tops off for power style in front of a bunch of hot female tourists who all want to sleep with me afterwards)

vi. Be less shallow (see aim no. v)

[nai]

Many hot female tourists hanging out in dovedale?

[205Chris]

Many hot female tourists hanging out in dovedale?

More than at Raven Tor 

[nai]

you think they went to Raven's Tor by mistake? sorry

[cha1n]

Well I've never publicly announced my goals before but it will be interesting which goals (if any) I manage to complete by this time next year!

1. CREATE A TRAINING PLAN!
2. Start an antagonistic exercise routine and complete 3-4 times a week.
3. After 2 weeks of antagonistics, start addressing poor core/finger strength (pinches/half-crimp first), use training board more often.
4. Improve Diet, initially snacks and then... everything.
5. Climb majority of F7's / 8a's in Cheddar/Wye area (Starting with Academic and Wrist Business whilst bouldering strength is decent).
6. Boulder some 7C's, most likely in the Bradford area as I have to do a compulsory 2-3 day trip up to Bradford every month (for Degree). Any recommendations welcome! Tetris on Grit and Rock Atrocity on Limestone. There is a 7C+ 10 minutes drive from work so give that a try long term.

Oh yeh, finish my bloody degree, decide if I want to stick at teaching or not (holidays - good, being very organised - annoying).

[daprince]

1.Pebble Wall

2. A trip to Sypeland because it looks good in the new guide.


that's it.

[willackers]

Stop eating loads of shit.

Try to do some more sport routes.

Do the Ace!  

[abarro81]

Big numbers:
9a
8b onsight/flash

Specifics:
Abyss
Pilgrimage
Evolution
Kaabah
True North

Volume:
10 8c (all time)
12 8b+ (all time)
20 8b (all time)
50 8s onsight/flash (all time)
5 8a+ or harder onsights (all time)


8A+ that's actually a boulder

[scottygillery]

I just saw Abarro 81 wuss out on a 7a+ in font today. Do we really want him as the future of British sport climbing?

[Fiend]

Forgot his kneepad did he?

I prefer willackers goals out of the two posts above.

[scottygillery]

Forgot his kneepad did he?

I wish

[metal arms]

4. The year we finally get the greyhound.

You can have mine.  He's a fucking idiot.

SAM_0381 by metal arms, on Flickr

[Three Nine]

Forgot his kneepad did he?

I wish

Climb blox are surely not going to sell anything if their trousers make your arse look that big

[iain]

are you London based?

No, Southampton.